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06 August 2021 • 13:58 AMT
IFJ says Armenia authorities must allow journalists to cover NA debates

Authorities must abolish the new rules that require special permission to enter the chamber or interview deputies, IFJ said.

06 August 2021 • 13:16 AMT
Armenia moves to tax profits from Facebook, Google

Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues.

06 August 2021 • 12:10 AMT
Armenia: 58,108 people, including 2096 foreigners vaccinated in 3 weeks

According to Anahit Avanesyan, a total of 190,036 doses have been administered overall, including 6188 on August 5 alone.

06 August 2021 • 11:37 AMT
Russia says can’t deploy border guards on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

According to Bikantov, de-escalation can be achieved only through the delimitation and demarcation of the border.

06 August 2021 • 11:11 AMT
Azerbaijani forces firing on Armenian positions in Ararat

The Azeris use various caliber firearms to target the Armenian posts, which has resulted in the grass cover between positions catching fire.

06 August 2021 • 10:01 AMT
Armenia confirms Russian troops deployed in border Tavush village

The Defense Ministry has confirmed media reports that Russian troops have been deployed in the border village of Voskepar.

06 August 2021 • 09:38 AMT
WHO chief wars of “real danger” amid growth in Covid cases

According to the WHO chief, the increase in Covid-19 infections could have already exceeded 200 million.

06 August 2021 • 09:12 AMT
Armenia defense chief instructs army to rule out Azeri advancement

Arshak Karapetyan has “given strict instructions” to rule out any attempt by Azerbaijan to advance into the country.

06 August 2021 • 08:38 AMT
Armenia reports daily Covid-19 cases of 303

A total of 6492 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

06 August 2021 • 07:17 AMT
Ishkhan Saghatelyan elected as Vice-President of Armenian parliament

Opposition lawmaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan was elected as Vice-President of the Armenian National Assembly on Friday, August 6.

06 August 2021 • 07:16 AMT
Tokyo: Armenian wrestler loses first bout but medal hopes still alive

Vazgen Tevanyan, who won the 2020 Individual World Cup, lost his first bout at the Olympics to the Russian Gadzhimurad Rashidov.

06 August 2021 • 06:15 AMT
Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov wins bronze at Tokyo Olympics

The lightweight boxer lost his final bout to Keyshawn Davis of the United States 5:0 on Friday, August 6․

05 August 2021 • 14:19 AMT
One more family in rural Armenia gets a spacious stone house

Viva-MTS and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia have helped the Galstyan family build a spacious stone house.

05 August 2021 • 13:38 AMT
A year after devastation, Beirut’s Armenians rise from the rubble

Beirut’s Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud has created a vibrant community with a strong sense of their own identity․

05 August 2021 • 13:09 AMT
Armenian parliament fails to elect Vice-President twice

In order to be elected in the post, opposition lawmaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan needs to collect at least 54 votes.

05 August 2021 • 12:09 AMT
Russia names priority for normalizing Karabakh situation

The Foreign Ministry said the Russian side considers it useful to involve UN in humanitarian activities in Karabakh.

05 August 2021 • 11:45 AMT
Germany halts Turkey weapons sales to make sure they don’t go to Baku

Turkey has so far failed to explain the purpose of the hundreds of defense exports it has requested from Germany.

05 August 2021 • 10:04 AMT
Defense Minister, chief of Russian peacekeeping forces meet in Yerevan

The head of the Russian peacekeeping unit congratulated the Minister of Defense on his appointment to the position.

05 August 2021 • 09:46 AMT
CSTO chief expects Armenia’s chairmanship will boost stability

The CSTO chief expects that Armenia’s chairmanship in the organization will help increase security in the Eurasian space.

05 August 2021 • 08:59 AMT
Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon in response to rockets

The Israeli military said that jets struck the launch sites from which rockets had been fired over the previous day.

05 August 2021 • 08:40 AMT
Aronian beats Mamedyarov to reach the Chessable Masters semifinals

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan to reach the Chessable Masters semifinals.

05 August 2021 • 07:50 AMT
Turkey to renovate Ani mosque, open it to public

After the mosque becomes a closed structure ready for service, a new restoration process will begin inside the mosque.

05 August 2021 • 07:27 AMT
Armenia reports daily Covid-19 cases of 329

A total of 7551 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

05 August 2021 • 07:18 AMT
Merkel, Lukashenko congratulate Pashinyan on appointment as PM

Merkel and Lukashenko have congratulated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in his appointed as the Armenian PM.

05 August 2021 • 06:36 AMT
Biden says ready to continue working on return of Armenian PoWs

Joe Biden has congratulate Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections.

04 August 2021 • 14:57 AMT
Vahagn Khachaturyan named Armenia’s Minister of High Tech Industry

President Armen Sarkissian has named Vahagn Khachaturyan as Armenia’s Minister of High Tech Industry.

04 August 2021 • 14:17 AMT
Pashinyan to travel to Iran on August 5

Pashinyan will participate in the inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi as the new president of the Islamic Republic

04 August 2021 • 13:43 AMT
Russian border guards could be deployed along Armenian-Azeri border

Practical work is underway on Pashinyan’s proposal to deploy Russian or int’l observers along the border, Sergei Kopyrkin says

04 August 2021 • 12:42 AMT
Forbes: Moderna stock rallies by over 12%

Moderna stock rallied by more than 12% since a July 19 update and remains up by almost 50% over the last month.

04 August 2021 • 12:24 AMT
Body of one more Karabakh war victim recovered on Aug. 4

The remains of one more Nagorno-Karabakh victim were recovered on August 4 from Varanda (Fizuli), authorities report.